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Boston University Track and Tennis Center

The Boston University Track and Tennis Center houses a banked, 6 lane, 200m indoor track.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/fitrec/recreation/sports/track-tennis-center/|title=Track & Tennis Center Reservations ‹ Fitness & Recreation Center ‹ Boston University|website=www.bu.edu|access-date=2018-10-09}}

History

The Track and Tennis Center (TTC) was constructed in 2002 to house an indoor track and tennis courts. The first track meet at the TTC occurred on December 6, 2002. The first tennis match followed two months later on February 9, 2003. The TTC replaced the Commonwealth Armory, which served as home to the Boston University indoor track team from 1979 through 2002.

Track

The track is known in the running community as one of the fastest indoor tracks in the world due to its banked turns, wooden supports, and general atmosphere.{{Cite web |last=Chalufour |first=Marc |date=March 1, 2023 |title=The Mystery Behind BU's Record Breaking Indoror Track |url=https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/why-is-bu-fastest-indoor-track/ |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=BU Today}} In February of 2023, 52 men broke the 4 minute mile barrier in the same day at the facility setting the record for the most sub 4 minute miles at a single meet.{{Cite web |last=Dickinson |first=Marley |date=February 16, 2023 |title=Should sub-four be no more? |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/should-sub-four-be-no-more/ |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=Canadian Running}} On January 28, 2013, Olympic Medalist Galen Rupp ran a facility record of 3.50.92 in the mile.{{Cite web |title=M Mile H01 (Elite, Rupp 3:50.92 American Record Attempt - 2013 BU Terrier) | 2013 BU Terrier Invitational - Flotrack |url=http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250010-2013-BU-Terrier-Invitational/video/686072-M-Mile-H01-Elite-Rupp-35092-American-Record-Attempt-2013-BU-Terrier |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506042524/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250010-2013-BU-Terrier-Invitational/video/686072-M-Mile-H01-Elite-Rupp-35092-American-Record-Attempt-2013-BU-Terrier |archive-date=2013-05-06 |access-date=2013-05-13}} On February 9, 2018, Edward Cheserek improved that to 3:49.44, the #2 mark in history at the time.{{Cite web |title=Edward Cheserek Runs the Second-Fastest Mile in World History at BU - FloTrack |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6105079-edward-cheserek-runs-the-second-fastest-mile-in-world-history-at-bu}} On March 3, 2019, Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia improved that to a new world indoor record of 3:47.01. Also during that same race, American Johnny Gregorek Jr. ran a 3:49.98, becoming the second American to break 3:50 in the mile, also marking the first time indoors that two people ran under 3:50 in the same race.{{Cite web |title=Yomif Kejelcha Blasts 3:47.01 Mile World Record, Gregorek Goes 3:49 - FloTrack |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6380519-yomif-kejelcha-blasts-34701-mile-world-record-gregorek-goes-349 |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=www.flotrack.org |language=en}}

Records set on the BU indoor track

All times from World Athletics profiles.{{Cite web |title=World Athletics Stat Zone |url=https://worldathletics.org/stats-zone |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=World Athletics}} This is an incomplete list.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Date

!Athlete / Team

!Event

!Record

!Time

February 13, 2009

|Mary Teresa Cullen {{flagicon|IRE

}}

|3000m

|Irish Record

|8:43.74

February 11, 2011

|Megan Wright {{flagicon|CAN}}

| rowspan="3" |5000m

|Canadian Record

|15:25.15

rowspan="3" |January 16, 2014

|Galen Rupp {{flagicon|USA}}

|Area Record

|13:01.26

Cam Levins {{flagicon|CAN}}

|Canadian Record

|13:19.16

Mary Cain {{flagicon|USA}}

|1000m

|American Junior Record

|2:39.25

rowspan="2" |January 24, 2014

|Galen Rupp {{flagicon|USA}}

|2 mile

|Area Record

|8:07.41

Mary Cain {{flagicon|USA}}

|Mile

|American U20 Record

|4:24.11

rowspan="2" |March 2, 2014

|David Torrence {{flagicon|USA}}

| rowspan="2" |1000m

|Area Record

|2:16.76

Nathan Brannen {{flagicon|CAN}}

|Canadian Record

|2:16.87

rowspan="2" |December 6, 2014

|Gemma Acheampong {{flagicon|Ghana}}

|300m

|Ghanaian Record

|39.50

Sarah Disanza {{flagicon|USA}}

|5000m

|American U20 Record

|15:20.57

January 19, 2017

|Gemma Acheampong {{flagicon|Ghana}}

|300m

|Ghanaian Record

|39.01

rowspan="3" |February 26, 2017

|Mo Ahmed {{flagicon|CAN}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|Canadian Record

|13:04.60

Kemoy Campbell {{flagicon|Jamaica}}

|Jamaican Record

|13:14.45

Sampson Laari {{flagicon|Ghana}}

| rowspan="3" |Mile

|Ghanaian Record

|3:58.75

January 26, 2018

|Natalija Piliušina {{flagicon|Lithuania }}

|Lithuanian Record

|4:32.67

February 9, 2018

|Edward Cheserek {{flagicon|Kenya}}

|Kenyan Record

|3:49.44

rowspan="5" |February 25, 2018

|Mobolade Ajomale {{flagicon|CAN}}

|200m

|NCAA DII Record

|20.67

Agnes Abu {{flagicon|Ghana}}

| rowspan="2" |800m

|Ghanaian Record

|2:02.30

Josh Hoey {{flagicon|USA}}

|American High School Record

|1:47.67

Sampson Laari {{flagicon|Ghana}}

|Mile

|Ghanaian Record

|3:58.65

Hoka NJNYTC

(Joe McAsey {{flagicon|USA}}, Kyle Merber {{flagicon|USA}},

Chris Giesting {{flagicon|USA}}, Jesse Garn {{flagicon|USA}} )

|4x800m relay

|World Record

|7:11.30

December 1, 2018

|Jessica Pascoe {{flagicon|AUS}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|Australian Record

|15:34.76

rowspan="3" |February 8, 2019

|Hygua Endo {{flagicon|JPN}}

|Japanese Record

|13:27.81

Jenna Westaway {{flagicon|CAN}}

|1000m

|Canadian Record

|2:37.04

Riko Matsuzaki {{flagicon|JPN}}

|3000m

|Japanese Record

|9:00.86

February 24, 2019

|Jenna Westaway {{flagicon|CAN}}

|800m

|Canadian Record

|1:59.87

rowspan="2" |March 3, 2019

|Yomif Kejelcha {{flagicon|ETH}}

| rowspan="2" |Mile

|World Record

|3:47.01

John Gregorek Jr. {{flagicon|USA}}

|Area Record

|3:49.98

rowspan="2" |December 7, 2019

|Carmela Cardama {{flagicon|Spain}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|Spanish Record

|15:25.41

Joshua Desouza {{flagicon|CAN}}

|Canadian U20 Record

|14:09.03

rowspan="2" |January 24, 2020

|Matt Baxter {{flagicon|New Zealand}}

|5000m

|New Zealand Record

|13:27.61

Laura Galván {{flagicon|MEX}}

|Mile

|Mexican Record

|4:31.89

rowspan="2" |February 1, 2020

|Dom Scott {{flagicon|South Africa}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|South African Record

|15:20.84

Nicole Hutchinson {{flagicon|CAN}}

|Canadian Record

|15:25.11

February 14, 2020

|Eglė Morenaitė {{flagicon|Lithuania }}

|3000m

|Lithuanian Record

|9:12.58

February 15, 2020

|Fernando Daniel Martínez {{flagicon|MEX}}

|3000m

|Mexican Record

|7:44.31

rowspan="5" |February 27, 2020

|Karissa Schweizer {{flagicon|USA}}

|3000m

|American Record

|8:25.70

Konstanze Klosterhalfen {{flagicon|Germany}}

| rowspan="3" |5000m

|German Record

|14:30.79

Heidi See {{flagicon|AUS}}

|Australian Record

|15:25.59

Eglė Morenaitė {{flagicon|Lithuania }}

|Lithuanian Record

|16:12.11

Joshua Thompson {{flagicon|USA}}

|1500m

|Area Record

|3:34.77

rowspan="3" |February 28, 2020

|Matthew Hughes {{flagicon|CAN}}

|5000m

|Canadian Record

|13:13.38

Justyn Knight {{flagicon|CAN}}

|1500m

|Canadian Record

|3:36.13

Melany Smart {{flagicon|AUS}}

|3000m

|Australian U20 Record

|9:08.57

rowspan="5" |December 4, 2021

|Olli Hoare {{flagicon|AUS}}

| rowspan="4" |5000m

|Area Record

|13:09.96

George Beamish {{flagicon|New Zealand}}

|New Zealand Record

|13:12.53

George Kusche {{flagicon|South Africa}}

|South African Record

|13:28.95

Nico Young {{flagicon|USA}}

|American U20 Record

|13:22.59

Katelyn Tuohy {{flagicon|USA}}

|3000m

|American U20 Record

|8:54.18

January 28, 2022

|Mikuni Yada {{flagicon|JPN}}

|3000m

|Japanese Record

|9:06.63

rowspan="6" |February 11, 2022

|Gabriela DeBues-Stafford {{flagicon|CAN}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|Area Record

|14:31.38

Elise Cranny {{flagicon|USA}}

|American Record

|14:33.17

Roisin Willis {{flagicon|USA}}

|800m

|American High School Record

|2:00.06

Alma Delia Cortes {{flagicon|MEX}}

| rowspan="3" |Mile

|Mexican Record

|4:27.09

Berenice Cleyet-Merle {{flagicon|FRA}}

|French Record / NCAA DII Record

|4:31.99

Chloe Thomas {{flagicon|CAN}}

|Canadian U20 Record

|4:40.74

rowspan="7" |February 12, 2022

|Grant Fisher {{flagicon|USA}}

| rowspan="6" |5000m

|Area Record

|12:53.73

Mo Ahmed {{flagicon|CAN}}

|Canadian Record

|12:56.87

Marc Scott {{flagicon|great britain}}

|Area Record

|12:57.08

Adriaan Wildschutt {{flagicon|South Africa}}

|South African Record

|13:09.30

Jonas Raess {{flagicon|Switzerland}}

|Swiss Record

|13:07.95

Alfredo Santana {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}

|Puerto Rican Record

|13:53.80

Yared Nuguse {{flagicon|USA}}

|3000m

|Collegiate Record

|7:38.13

rowspan="5" |February 27, 2022

|Josh Kerr {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}

| rowspan="2" |Mile

|British Record

|3:48.87

Cameron Proceviat {{flagicon|CAN}}

|Canadian Record

|3:52.54

Mikuni Yada {{flagicon|JPN}}

|5000m

|Japanese Record

|15:23.87

rowspan="2" |Christian Noble {{flagicon|USA}}

|Mile

| rowspan="2" |NCAA DII Record

|3:56.10

3000m

|7:50.98

rowspan="5" |December 3, 2022

|Amos Bartelsmeyer {{flagicon|Germany}}

| rowspan="5" |5000m

|German Record

|13:17.71

Brian Fay {{flagicon|IRE}}

|Irish Record

|13:16.77

Zofia Dudek {{flagicon|POL}}

|Polish Record

|15:40.41

Hilda Chebet {{flagicon|KEN}}

|Kenyan U20 Record

|15:17.97

Parker Wolfe {{flagicon|USA}}

|American U20 Record

|13:19.73

rowspan="7" |January 27, 2023

|Yared Nuguse {{flagicon|USA}}

| rowspan="4" |3000m

|Area Record

|7:28.24

Sam Atkin {{flagicon|great britain}}

|British Record

|7:31.97

Drew Bosley {{flagicon|USA}}

|Collegiate Record

|7:36.42

Yaseen Abdalla {{flagicon|Sudan}}

|Sudanese Record

|7:42.23

Woody Kincaid {{flagicon|USA}}

| rowspan="3" |5000m

|Area Record

|12:51.61

Mike Foppen {{flagicon|Netherlands}}

|Dutch Record

|13:11.60

Sam Parsons {{flagicon|Germany}}

|German Record

|13:12.78

January 28, 2023

|Lucia Stafford {{flagicon|CAN}}

|1000m

|Area Record

|2:33.75

February 3, 2023

|University of Washington

(Sophie O’Sullivan {{flagicon|IRE}}, Marlena Preigh {{flagicon|USA}}, Carley Thomas {{flagicon|AUS}}, Anna Gibson {{flagicon|USA}})

|DMR

|Collegiate Record

|10:46.62

rowspan="3" |February 4, 2023

|Kazuto Iizawa {{flagicon|JPN}}

|Mile

|Japanese Record

|3:56.01

Alondra Negron {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|Puerto Rican Record

|16:06.51

Carolina Lozano {{flagicon|ARG}}

|Argentinan Record

|16:14.03

rowspan="3" |February 10, 2023

|Nozomi Tanaka {{flagicon|JPN}}

|3000m

|Japanese Record

|8:45.64

Alondra Negron {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}

| rowspan="3" |Mile

|Puerto Rican Record

|4:38.44

Brianna Robles {{flagicon|USA}}

|NCAA DII Record

|15:47.88

rowspan="2" |February 11, 2023

|Amos Bartelsmeyer {{flagicon|Germany}}

|German Record

|3:50.45

Robin Hendrix {{flagicon|Belgium}}

|5000m

|Belgian Record

|13:17.65

February 26, 2023

|Rob Napolitano {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}

|Mile

|Puerto Rican Record

|3:54.29

rowspan="8" |December 2, 2023

|Kieran Lumb {{flagicon|CAN}}

|3000m

|Canadian Record

|7:38.39

Parker Valby {{flagicon|USA}}

| rowspan="7" |5000m

|Collegiate Record

|14:56.11

Fiona Smith {{flagicon|USA}}

|NCAA DIII Record

|15:50.48

Graham Blanks {{flagicon|USA}}

|Collegiate Record

|13:03.78

Habtom Samuel {{flagicon|ERI}}

|Eritrean record

|13:14.86

Joseph O’Brien {{flagicon|GBR}}

|British U20 Record

|13:51.24

Ky Robinson {{flagicon|AUS}}

|Australian Record

|13:06.42

Romain Legendre {{flagicon|France}}

|NCAA DII Record

|13:24.09

rowspan="8" |January 26, 2024

|George Beamish {{flagicon|New Zealand}}

| rowspan="7" |5000m

|New Zealand Record

|13:04.33

Nico Young {{flagicon|USA}}

|Collegiate Record

|12:57.14

Adriaan Wildschutt {{flagicon|RSA}}

|South African Record

|12:56.76

John Haymans {{flagicon|BEL}}

|Belgian Record

|13:03.46

Mike Foppen {{flagicon|Netherlands}}

|Dutch Record

|13:08.60

Keita Satoh {{flagicon|JPN}}

|Japanese Record

|13:09.45

Andrew Coscoran {{flagicon|IRE}}

|Irish Record

|13:12.56

Noah Baltus {{flagicon|NED}}

|Mile

|Dutch Record

|3:54.81

rowspan="2" |January 27, 2024

|Senayet Getachew {{flagicon|ETH}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|World U20 Record

|14:42.94

Marta Garica Alons {{flagicon|ESP}}

|Spanish Record

|14:46.37

rowspan="3" |February 3, 2024

|Charles Grethen {{flagicon|LUX}}

| rowspan="3" |Mile

|Luxembourgish Record

|3:52.67

Thomas Vanoppen {{flagicon|BEL}}

|Belgian Record

|3:53.98

Noah Baltus {{flagicon|NED}}

|Dutch Record

|3:54.28

February 9, 2024

|Gracie Hyde {{flagicon|USA}}

|3000m

|NCAA DII Record

|8:58.33

rowspan="5" |February 10, 2024

|Thomas Vanoppen {{flagicon|BEL}}

| rowspan="4" |Mile

|Belgian Record

|3:52.66

Rob Napolitano {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}

|Puerto Rican Record

|3:54.12

Ryoma Aoki {{flagicon|JPN}}

|Japanese Record

|3:54.84

Parvej Khan {{flagicon|India}}

|Indian Record

|3:56.64

Jack Anstey {{flagicon|AUS}}

|1000m

|Australian Record

|2:16.95

rowspan="2" |February 16, 2024

|Parvej Khan {{flagicon|India}}

|Mile

|Indian Record

|3:55.41

University of Washington

(Chloe Foerster {{flagicon|USA}}, Anna Terrell {{flagicon|USA}}, Marlena Preigh {{flagicon|USA}}, Carley Thomas{{flagicon|AUS}})

|DMR

|Collegiate Record

|10:43.39

rowspan="4" |December 7, 2024

|Ethan Strand {{flagicon|USA}}

|3000m

|Collegiate Record

|7:30.15

Doris Lemngole {{flagicon|Kenya}}

| rowspan="2" |5000m

|Collegiate Record

|14:52.57

Amy Bunnage {{flagicon|AUS}}

|Australian Record

|15:00.75

Yaseen Abdalla {{flagicon|SUD}}

|3000m

|Sudanese Record

|7:34.17

rowspan="6" |February 1, 2025

|Ethan Strand {{flagicon|USA}}

| rowspan="2" |Mile

|Collegiate Record

|3:48.32

Robert Farken {{flagicon|Germany}}

|German Record

|3:49.45

Jimmy Gressier {{flagicon|FRA

}}

| rowspan="4" |5000m

|French Record

|13:00.54

Romain Legendre {{flagicon|FRA

}}

|NCAA DII Record

|13:02.08

Habtom Samuel {{flagicon|ERI}}

|Eritrean record

|13:04.92

Eduardo Herrera {{flagicon|MEX}}

|Mexican Record

|13:06.36

rowspan="5" |February 14, 2025

|Romain Legendre {{flagicon|FRA

}}

| rowspan="2" |3000m

|NCAA DII Record

|7:36.28

Gulveer Singh {{flagicon|India}}

|Indian Record

|7:38.26

Grant Fisher {{flagicon|USA}}

| rowspan="3" |5000m

|World Record

|12:44.09

Yaseen Abdalla {{flagicon|SUD}}

|Sudanese Record

|13:09.99

Valentin Soca {{flagicon|URU}}

|Uruguayan Record

|13:14.09

rowspan="4" |February 15, 2025

|Gabija Galvydyte {{flagicon|LTU}}

| rowspan="3" |Mile

|Lithuanian Record

|4:22.76

Silan Ayyildiz {{flagicon|TUR

}}

|Collegiate Record

Turkish Record

|4:23.46

Lorena Rangel Batres {{flagicon|MEX

}}

|Mexican Record

|4:26.56

Nozomi Tanaka {{flagicon|JPN}}

|5000m

|Japanese Record

|14:51.26

rowspan="6" |February 21, 2025

|Kieran Lumb {{flagicon|CAN}}

| rowspan="2" |Mile

|Canadian Record

|3:52.39

Owen Powell {{flagicon|USA}}

|American High School Record

|3:56.66

Jack Rayner {{flagicon|AUS}}

| rowspan="4" |5000m

|Australian Record

|12:59.43

Gulveer Singh {{flagicon|India}}

|Indian Record

|12:59.77

Narve Gilje Nordås {{flagicon|NOR}}

|Norwegian Record

|13:04.85

Mohamed Abdilaahi {{flagicon|Germany}}

|German Record

|13:06.38

rowspan="4" |March 2, 2025

|Sintayehu Vissa {{flagicon|Italy}}

| rowspan="2" |Mile

|Italian Record

|4:21.51

Maia Ramsden {{flagicon|NZL}}

|New Zealand Record

|4:21.56

Valentin Soca {{flagicon|URU}}

|3000m

|Uruguayan Record

|7:34.10

Adriaan Wildschutt {{flagicon|RSA}}

|5000m

|South African Record

|12:55.02

References

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